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The Juneteenth Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday and includes African drum classes.
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Updated: 06/13/08 10:14 AM

Full schedule of events taking place as part of Juneteenth

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• Parade: 11 a. m. Saturday (at Genesee and Moselle)

• Praise and Worship: 9 to 11 a. m. Saturday and 9 a. m. to noon Sunday

• Underground Railroad Tour: 2 and 4 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• Main Stage Entertainment Saturday 2 to 3 p. m.: Ugetsu 3:15 to 4:15 p. m.: Macy Favor and his Big Band 4:30 to 5:30 p. m.: Evolution with Juanita Duncan 5:45 to 6:45 p. m.: Unity Sunday 1:15 to 2:15 p. m.: Gospel 2:30 to 3:45 p. m.: Russeau Taylor

4 to 5:15 p. m.: Exoutics 5:30 to 6:45 p. m.: Old School BBoys

7 to 8 p. m.: Ella Robinson and New Beginnings

• Arts and Culture Stage: Performances by community youth and groups until 8 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• Health Fair: HIV screening, blood pressure testing, information from health care providers, from noon to 6 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• Children’s Tent: Face painting and arts and crafts, from 1 to 6 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• Book Sharing: Swap books with the community, from 1 to 5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• African Drum and Dance Classes: 2 to 4 p. m. Sunday

• Heritage Tent: Featuring historical information relevant to the Buffalo African-American community, from 1 to 5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• Family Photo Booth: 1:30 to 5 p. m. Saturday, noon to 5 p. m. Sunday

• “The Casual Artistry of Bill West”: Exhibit of local artist’s work featuring the Buffalo culture, through Aug. 30 (at the Buffalo Museum of Science)

• “Word Up”: Nondenominational faith celebration from 5 to 8 p. m. Saturday and 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sunday

• Play by “Youth for Truth”: Religious youth group puts on a show at 2 p. m. Sunday

• Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament: 2 to 5 p. m. Saturday, 3 to 7:30 p. m. Sunday

• Healing Garden: Receive free massages and learn about natural holistic remedies, from 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. Saturday and Sunday

• The Maafa Memorial: 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. Thursday (Broderick Park)


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